Ed McConkie called the meeting to order and Camille Anthony
(Director of CCJJ) welcomed everyone to the Capitol. The minutes from Meeting
#3 were approved without amendment. Lunch was served and the agenda reviewed.

Please see the first portion of the PowerPoint presentation
handout. In addition, there were pamphlets ("Do
the Write Thing")
and newsletters ("For
the Record")
distributed at the meeting and mailed to those not present.

Noted from the PowerPoint presentation:

much of CCJJ's
charge is the administering of grant monies, see newsletter for funded
projects/programs

The Utah Crime Reduction Plan was borne from a two-day
summit attended by sheriffs, chiefs, and law enforcement leaders

Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) issues are
of high importance to CCJJ. To date in Utah, it has been studied,
existence confirmed, and now programs are in place to counteract and
correct disparities. It is a priority area for grant funding

Workforce Response (p. 4): EEO Plan requirements-applicable
grant requesting agencies must submit community demographics and
workforce demographics along with an EEO plan to address disparity and
how they will affect change in this area. No one is monitoring if there
is actually implementation of the EEO plan

Administration Responses (p.6): the pre/post tests help
to measure behavioral changes and impact of funded programs; all data is
in one database through the Research Consortium; time intensive at
approximately 1 hour per survey

Please see the second portion of the PowerPoint presentation
handout. Noted from this document:

There is membership overlap amongst the various
commissions

The Research Consortium conducts the research and there
are delays with the nation's
universities tightening of Institutional Review Board processes; delay
progress

On the Utah Sentencing Commission, the governor has
appointed Steve Kelley from the federal courts to be the designated seat
to "exhibit
sensitivity to the concerns of ethnic composition of the population"

USC Research Plan (p.11): the blind study is just starting
now. When the random sample case files are doctored to ensure
confidentiality (eg. Removal of names, race, etc), coded language will
also be removed

Rep. Duane Bourdeaux's
efforts with the racial profiling bill and lack of data. Discussion
further branched to whether Rep. Bourdeaux should be working with the
Commission in these efforts

contact people for the Research Consortium are Russ Van Vleet and Mike
Haddon

voluntary submission of racial data on driver's
licenses, as recommended by the Task Force: a DMV worker guesstimates
approximately 50% fill out their racial/ethnic identity; confusing
application where the information is centered near the voter
registration section and may be easy for people to overlook; only SLC
and St. George Police Departments are voluntarily providing racial data

concerns were raised about the Research Consortium and the researchers
used to conduct the studies (eg. Do researchers of color collect data,
perform interviews, etc). Support of research and researchers was voiced
by Commission members. Ed McConkie also suggested that the names of the
researchers employed be available to those interested.

4. MISSION STATEMENT DISCUSSION (Kathy Elton & Bev
Klungervik)

Kathy Elton reviewed the handouts: the draft mission
statement developed by Haruko Moriyasu, Susan Burke, and Dan Becker, the
brainstorm results from the Orientation, and the prioritization of the
brainstorm results from the Second Commission Meeting. We broke into small
groups of four people to discuss:

What to keep

Amonitor results"

keep in present state

exerting our influence to force change in system

collective and individual responsibility

Aequality and justice for all
people..."

Aengaging all people"

What to change

jump from aspirations to action-separate
philosophy from actions to be taken

b. The second draft will be emailed to Cmsn members
for review and comment prior to the January Commission meeting

5. ADJOURNMENT: (Ed McConkie)

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting
adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Special thank you to Susan Burke, Ed McConkie, and Camille
Anthony for their hospitality and informative presentations.

NEXT MEETING - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2002:

at the Law and Justice Center from 11:30am - 1:00pm. Both
the Utah State Bar and the Utah Chiefs of Police Association will present
their implementation efforts to date and future plans. Lunch will be
provided, compliments of the Utah State Bar.